Family beaches in Skopelos — CalmBeach

Family beaches

Family beaches in Skopelos

6 shallow, organised beaches in Skopelos: all with easy access, picked for young children. Check live wind & waves on CalmBeach.

  • 6beaches
  • 6organized
  • 3with photos

Travelling with young children in Skopelos? We picked these 6 beaches because they are organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow. How quickly the water deepens varies from beach to beach, so check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.

The beaches

  • Stafylos
    Stafylos
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies

    A beach with a Minoan tomb — Fine grey-silvery sand with small pebbles and blue-green water, framed by large rocks, ~4-5 km south of town. On the cape above, a 1936 excavation…

  • Limnonari
    Limnonari
    • Sandy
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Milia
    Milia
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Glysteri
    • Pebbles
    • Easy road access
  • Velanio
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy path
    • More sheltered from northerlies
  • Elios
    • Sand & pebbles
    • Easy road access
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Good to know

Which beaches in Skopelos are family-friendly?

Every beach on this list meets three criteria: it is organised, it has no difficult access, and our data records its water as shallow. How fast the seabed drops away underfoot is not something any map can guarantee — for small children, pick a calm, sheltered day as well.

How do I compare sea conditions?

CalmBeach checks wind, waves and exposure, so you can compare less exposed beaches and more comfortable visiting times.

When is the sea calmest here?

Across 6 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.41 m in June, 0.44 m in July and 0.49 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.53 m in September. June is the calmest month of the season. We calculate these figures ourselves from European Copernicus wave-model data at 4.2 km resolution. They describe the sea offshore, not the shelter of an individual cove — a bay protected by a headland will usually be calmer than this.

How warm is the water, month by month?

Off 6 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.4 °C in May, 23.1 °C in June, 25.7 °C in July, 26.4 °C in August and 24.5 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.4 °C. August is the warmest month. Satellite measurements, 1995–2024, from a sea cell about 5 km offshore; shallow bays usually run warmer than this.

Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.

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